Westminster’s Evan Down also received All-State honors with a round of 74.

Tennis

Adult tournamentset for Augusta

The 2013 USTA Georgia Adult League State Tennis Cham­pionships will be held this weekend in Augusta, with about 900 players competing.

Play begins Friday and ends Monday at seven facilities, with the Newman Ten­­nis Center serving as the host site. Other facilities are Petersburg Racquet Club, The Club at Rae’s Creek, Ri­ver­view Park, Fleming Ten­nis Center, Diamond Lakes Ten­nis Center and Grove­town High School. Admission is free, and the public is invited to watch between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.

• In Rome, Laura Robson, a quickly improving 19-year-old British player, beat Venus Williams 6-3, 6-2 at the Italian Open to set up a second-round match with top-ranked Serena Williams.

Both players struggled with the wind, with Robson hitting eight double-faults and Williams six. However, Williams’ errors came at more inopportune times, with two double-faults in the final game.

Robson won the Wimble­don junior title at 14. At last week’s Madrid Open, she upset fourth-seeded Agnies­zka Radwanska before losing in the third round to 16th-seeded Ana Ivanovic in a third-set tiebreaker.

College Baseball

2 suspended on Gamecocks staff

South Carolina assistant coach Sammy Esposito and strength and conditioning coach Billy Anderson will serve one-game suspensions after their ejections from Sunday’s game against Georgia.

The suspensions were mandated by the NCAA. The school said Esposito and Anderson will sit out tonight’s game with Presbyterian. The school said the suspensions were handed down for violating the NCAA rule that “personnel other than the head coach ejected for disputing, arguing and unsportsmanlike conduct.”

South Carolina defeated Georgia 8-3 on Sunday, completing a three-game sweep of the Bulldogs.

Roland held off Southern Outlaw Super Street Series points leader Jottie Burgamy of Wrightsville, Ga., to win the $1,500 prize. Lance Beck of Warrenville placed third in the 18-car featured event.

Soccer

Manchester City axes title winner

Manchester City fired manager Roberto Mancini, one year after he delivered the club’s first English league title in 44 years. City said its end-of-season review was brought forward “out of respect for Roberto” after it was reported that Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini has beenlined up to replace him.